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Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal cardiac Doppler data: results from the NORRE Study

Gonzalo de La Morena
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Bogdan A. Popescu
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Martin Penicka
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Tolga Ozyigit
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Jose David Rodrigo Carbonero
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Alessandro Salustri
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Nico van de Veire
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Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben
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Dragos Vinereanu
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Jens-Uwe Voigt
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Jose Luis Zamorano
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Anne Bernard
Roberto M. Lang
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Luigi P. Badano
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Seisyou Kou
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Natalia Gonjilashvili
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George D. Athanassopoulos
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Daniele Barone
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Monica Baroni
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Nuno Cardim
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Jose Juan Gomez De Diego
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Maria Jose Oliva
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Andreas Hagendorff
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Krasimira Hristova
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Teresa Lopez
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Julien Magne
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Christophe Martinez
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Abstract

AIMS: Reference values for Doppler parameters according to age and gender are recommended for the assessment of heart physiology, specifically for left ventricular (LV) diastolic function. In this study, we report normal reference ranges for Doppler parameters obtained in a large group of healthy volunteers. Echocardiographic data were acquired using state-of-the-art cardiac ultrasound equipment following Doppler acquisition and measurement protocols approved by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 449 (mean age: 45.8 ± 13.7 years) healthy volunteers (198 men and 251 women) were enrolled at the collaborating institutions of the Normal Reference Ranges for Echocardiography (NORRE) study. A comprehensive echocardiographic examination was obtained from all subjects following predefined protocols. The majority of the Doppler diastolic parameters (e', E/e') as well as right ventricle systolic s' wave velocity were similar in men and women. Left ventricle s' wave velocity was higher in men than in women. E wave and e' were higher in younger subjects and decreased progressively in the older ones. E/e' ratio increased with ageing. Septal e' \textless8 cm/s was present in 19.7% of the subjects in the 40-60 year group and in 55% of those in the ≥60 year group. However, the cut-off value of average E/e' or lateral E/e' remained \textless15 or 13, respectively, in the majority of patients. CONCLUSION: The NORRE study provides the reference values for the most useful Doppler parameters in the evaluation of heart physiology. These data highlight the need of using age-specific reference values especially for the diagnosis of LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction and for the estimation of LV filling pressures

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hal-01260563 , version 1 (22-01-2016)

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Gonzalo de La Morena, Bogdan A. Popescu, Martin Penicka, Tolga Ozyigit, Jose David Rodrigo Carbonero, et al.. Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal cardiac Doppler data: results from the NORRE Study. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2015, ⟨10.1093/ehjci/jev083⟩. ⟨hal-01260563⟩
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